{"podcast":{"title":"HG Rugby","slug":"hg-rugby-6614424","podcast_index_feed_id":6614424,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/COMG9402338419","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/enda--huw","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/2679f24e-532c-11ee-9beb-3f45e28ead0e/image/556346eb724121c169c047ea4125628a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Pirate Rugby Pod","episode_count":246,"summary":"Telling rugby's untold stories by meeting people, analysing data and starting conversations","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T14:18:02.942595+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hg-rugby-6614424"},"episode":{"title":"Wales Has Turned on the WRU, This Can't Continue. ft. Nicks Johnston","slug":"wales-has-turned-on-the-wru-this-can-t-continue-ft-nicks-johnston","published_at":"2026-08-20T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hg-rugby-6614424/wales-has-turned-on-the-wru-this-can-t-continue-ft-nicks-johnston","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hg-rugby-6614424","url":"https://youtu.be/1pPuMSothBU","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/COMG5706668288.mp3","summary":"Has the Welsh Rugby Union finally met its end? I was joined by one of my favourite people, rugby governance expert Nicks Johnston, to analyse the recent escalations against the WRU. Influential Welsh business people such as Rob Regan and Hayley Parsons have demanded the current leadership of Abi Tierney and Dave Reddin step down, but is that possible? If so, what happens next? Link to my substack: https://substack.com/@hgrugby #rugby #Wales #welsh #podcast #governance #interview #news follow Nicks on twitter: https://x.com/nicksjjFollow me on twitter: https://x.com/HuwGriffinRugbyFollow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huw.griffin/Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61580910041103 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Has the Welsh Rugby Union finally met its end? I was joined by one of my favourite people, rugby governance expert Nicks Johnston, to analyse the recent e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3582,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hg-rugby-6614424/episodes/wales-has-turned-on-the-wru-this-can-t-continue-ft-nicks-johnston/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hg-rugby-6614424/wales-has-turned-on-the-wru-this-can-t-continue-ft-nicks-johnston.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}